After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.
The breadth of every side chamber - the singular used collectively for the plural. These chambers were appendages attached to the outside of the temple, on the west, north, and south; for on the east side, the principal entrance, there were no chambers. The narrowness of the chambers was in order that the beams might be supported without needing pillars. The plan is similar to that of the hall at Kouyunjik, a large central hall, called the oracle, with smaller rooms built round it.